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Waste

Harley Granville-Barker

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 106.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2015
Condition: New
SKU: V9781474277396
ISBN: 9781474277396

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Katherine Mansfield and Translation

Hardback. Katherine Mansfield had a lifelong interest in literatures in translation and in literary translating. From her early notebooks until letters written just before her death, she records the joy of learning foreign languages, often using transformative, inter-lingual games of her own as a source of creativity. Editor(s): Davison, Claire; Kimber, Gerri; Martin, Todd. Series: Katherine Mansfield Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; CFP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2015
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9781474400381
ISBN: 9781474400381

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Black Swan (A Hutchinson Novella)

Christopher Hope

Hardcover. "Commissioning organisation: Christopher Hope ; with illustrations by Gillian Barlow. 90 p. ill. 24 cm. Original cloth. As new, in dw." Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Novels & Novelists - General,Education Resources - Books - English Lit"

Condition: Used, Like New
Publisher: Hutchinson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1987
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KEX0069249
ISBN: 9780091725426

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Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book and Pri...

Leslie Howsam

Paperback. Old Books and New Histories is also an engaged statement of the historical perspective of the book. In the final analysis, the lesson of studies in book and print culture is that texts change, books are mutable, and readers ultimately make of books what they need. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: DSB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.

Publisher: University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2006
Condition: New
SKU: V9780802094384
ISBN: 9780802094384

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Lend Me Your Ears

William (Com Safire

Hardcover. The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded-with a new preface on what makes a speech "great." Editor(s): Safire, William. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: DN; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1586.

Publisher: WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages: 1200
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2004
Edition: Updated and Expanded
Condition: New
SKU: V9780393059311
ISBN: 9780393059311

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This Connection of Everyone with Lungs: Poems

Juliana Spahr

Paperback. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138. Poems. Series: New California Poetry. 86 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 207 x 138 x 7. Weight: 124.

Publisher: University of California Press
Number of pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2005
Edition: 1st
Condition: New
SKU: V9780520242951
ISBN: 9780520242951

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York Notes Wuthering Heights (York Notes Advanced)

Emily Bronte

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.

Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Longman
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2004
Condition: New
SKU: V9780582823082
ISBN: 9780582823082

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Modernism and Perversion: Sexual Deviance in Sexology and Literature, ...

A. Schaffner

Hardback. Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages: 344
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2011
Condition: New
SKU: V9780230231627
ISBN: 9780230231627

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Maps and legends

Michael Chabon

Paperback. A collection of essays on books and why they matter by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2010
Condition: New
SKU: KEX0296031
ISBN: 9780007289875

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Emptiness and Temporality: Buddhism and Medieval Japanese Poetics

Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen

Hardback. Emptiness and Temporality is an account of classical Japanese poetics that takes its starting point in the two Buddhist concepts of emptiness (J. ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval understanding of poetry, and examines their affinity with contemporary Western theory, particularly Derridean differance and deconstruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; DSC; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.

Publisher: Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages: 224
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2008
Condition: New
SKU: V9780804748889
ISBN: 9780804748889

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Annals

Tacitus

Paperback. Offers a translation of one of the greatest accounts of ancient Rome. This title recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Translator(s): Damon, Cynthia. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages: 544
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2012
Condition: New
SKU: V9780140455649
ISBN: 9780140455649

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The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Penguin Classics)

Leifur Eiricksson

Paperback. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.

Publisher: Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780140447736
ISBN: 9780140447736

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Antony and Cleopatra

Sparknotes

Paperback.

Publisher: Spark Notes United States
Number of pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2006
Condition: New
SKU: V9781411499195
ISBN: 9781411499195

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The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland

Frank O'Connor

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, yellowing and foxing

Condition: Used, Good
Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1981
SKU: KOC0018118
ISBN: 9780905169484

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Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis

James J. Connolly

Hardback. Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis focuses attention to how the residents of smaller cities, provincial districts, rural settings, and colonial outposts have produced, disseminated, and read print materials. Editor(s): Connolly, James J.; Collier, Patrick; Felsenstein, Frank; Hall, Kenneth R.; Hall, Robert. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 45, 1 map. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2016
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9781442650626
ISBN: 9781442650626